Meet the Staff
Insurance and Billing Coordinator
Clare has been a part of our dental team since 1989. She is also crossed trained as a Registered Dental Assistant.
When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and her dog, Coco and new puppy Gigi! They love going to the beach and visiting vintage and rat rod car shows!
Sapphire David
Surgery Scheduling Coordinator/Front Office Staff
Sapphire has been a part of our dental team since 2014. She has been cross-trained for both surgical assisting and front office. She enjoys using both her front office and back office knowledge to better assist in patient care.
Sapphire was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Paso Robles, California. When she is not working she enjoys charcoal and pencil drawing, listening to music, and spending time with her family.
Office Manager
Shreei has been a part of our team since 2018, and is our team ring leader!
She brings to the office a wonderful, warm atmosphere where she helps keep us all in line!
When Shreei is not in the office, you can find her at her lake house, taking in all the sunshine and wine with her family. She recently welcomed her first grandbaby in 2022!
Hygiene Scheduling Coordinator/Front Office Staff
Liz has been a part of our dental team since 2021, her bio is coming soon!
Registered Dental Hygienist
Stacy has been a part of our dental hygiene team since 2018. She has been an active part of the dental field for over 13 years. She started as a dental assistant where she quickly became passionate about dentistry. This inspired her to further her education by becoming a dental hygienist, graduating with highest honors from Taft College in 2018.
Stacy strives to ensure our patients always feel 100% informed and comfortable during their visit. To her, there’s nothing more gratifying than educating and helping patients overcome their dental fears.
In 2011, she moved from southern California to the central coast where she enjoys hiking, running and spending time with her husband and their dog, Jacey.
Registered Dental Hygienist/Treatment Coordinator
Michelle has been a part of our dental team since 2014. She graduated with her bachelors in science in nutrition from Cal Poly in 2009 and continued her education in dental hygiene at Southwestern College.
She grew up in San Diego, Ca where her mother was and continues to be a dentist and mentor. Facilitating optimal overall dental health with compassion through customized oral hygiene and education are Michelle’s main goals for her patients.
She enjoys living on the beautiful central coast with her husband and their two children.
Registered Dental Hygienist
Hannah joined our dental hygiene team in 2022, graduating with highest honors from Taft College.
Hannah is a native of the Central Coast; her bio is coming soon!
Front Office Staff
Nita joined our team in 2021. She loves dentistry and has over 30 years experience, although this is the first periodontal office she has worked in. It’s been an amazing learning experience for her to see how it all ties together from this side of patient care.
Emily Lund
Dental Assistant
Emily has been a part of our dental team since 2020.
Emily is Dr. Areco’s main surgical assistant and loves being chairside! She enjoys making the patient feel extremely comfortable from start to finish and
In her spare time, Emily enjoys going to the lake, hiking, and spending time with family and her amazing husband.
She is currently in the process of finishing her degree to apply to dental hygiene school soon!
Dental Assistant
Shirley has been a part of our office since 2020. She brings to the office many years of periodontal experience along with orthodontic and general dentistry knowledge!
Patients say they feel very comforted by her companionate personality!
She enjoys time with her dogs, cats and sheep and also any time spent on the treadmill, practicing yoga, riding a spin bike or a quad!
Hygiene Assistant
Bri has been a part of our dental team since 2022.
This is her first dental office she has been a part of and true loves the ends and outs of the entire field of dentistry!
In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband, Tate and daughter kylie. They love watching movies, playing video games and going to the park!
Dental Assistant
Yesenia has been a part of our dental team since 2021.
Yesenia is currently enrolled in her pre-reqs for dental hygiene schools to full her dream of becoming a registered dental hygienist very soon!
Outside of work she loves working out at the gym, going out and trying new and exciting restaurants and enjoying the outdoors with her extraordinary boyfriend!